The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently ruled that six half-sisters were entitled to a share in their father's ancestral property despite opposition from their half-brother. The court observed that though their father had executed a relinquishment deed in favour of the son, he could relinquish only his own share and not the daughters' independent rights in the ancestral property.
The primary dispute between the half-brothers and sisters revolved around the two properties owned by the grandfather in Andhra Pradesh: 'A' and 'B'. Property 'A' is a land measuring 780 sq.yards, and property 'B' is a house in Ramanayyapeta, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh measuring 300-square-yard.
To give you some background on their family dynamics, the son lost his mother when he was around 7 to 8 years old. His father remarried and from this second marriage, he had six daughters while from his first marriage, he had a son and a daughter.
The family tree is as follows:
